Another dose of Rock Band news, though this is of the awesome type. Well, the type that doesn’t involve delays or pushed release dates.
Kyle over at Canned Geek has put together a comprehensive guide on how to import Rock Band, if you can’t be arsed waiting for September (or October, if you live in NZ). According to the article, you can pick up the Rock Band bundle, including a second guitar, for $440.
As a bonus, the article includes info on how to fix the instruments (read: the crappy guitars) and steps to set up a US credit card to buy the extra songs from overseas.
Kotaku’s Luke Plunkett scribed a mini-guide for PAL residents looking to import the game back in February. Check it out for additional reading.
Your Guide To Importing Rock Band 2.0 [Canned Geek]
attila
Monday, May 19, 2008 at 3:19 PMGood article (Gamestop ftw!), but from my reading of the PSN section, he has missed the other easy way of loading funds – pre-paid credit cards. $4.95 from Westpac, plus 1% foreign currency conversion fee.
Azmodean
Monday, May 19, 2008 at 8:38 PMer I got it for $250 just here:
http://www.playconsoles.com/catalog/item/5443962/5400345.htm
Just ask them if they will send it to your address and they should help you out.
That $250 is in AUD… and it included shipping!!!
Dallas
Tuesday, May 20, 2008 at 7:37 AMWe got ours from the Barnes and Noble website in the USA. $US204.98 delivered to Brisbane (so about $220 Australian).
An absolute bargain.
Had no problems doing the Entropay thing either. SOOOO much good content to download.
Mark
Tuesday, May 20, 2008 at 2:41 PMATTILA
Can you explain or give a link to how to purchase songs on the PSN using the Prepaid Credit Card option you say.
PurpleSfinx
Tuesday, May 20, 2008 at 10:33 PM…Wait… wait a second… Did we hae a release date announced? September? Where?! I must’ve missed something huge. …oh. Tha’ts what EB thinks. Pssh.
Also. THANKS. I’m literally about to order this game this week. This is helpful. Thanks to the commenters above me, too. Looks like I’ll be getting it from Barnes and Noble. I’ll have to borrow a credit card though…
Kyle
Sunday, May 25, 2008 at 1:27 AMWicked, thanks for the linkage. And thank you Dallas for telling me about Barnes & Noble. What a fantastic price; $USD710 for a PS3, Rock Band and a second guitar. That’s awesome. I’ve updated the guide to suit. Thanks a million once again.
Stephen
Wednesday, September 10, 2008 at 6:10 PMok, ive had rock band for a while now (im an aussie and imported it), but i cant purchase any of the downloadable content. Everything in the store says “purchased” next to it, even though i have done no such thing. I tried registering as an american user, and when i do this, the content is all available, but i cannot use my credit card as it has an australian addy and wont let me proceed. Any ideas on how i get around this? Ta.
James
Monday, October 25, 2010 at 12:24 AMIs this article going to be updated with rock band 3?